TV & Movie / Sep. 10, 2019
The Irish Film Festival returns to Bangkok next i!8E8Y7y_SO#PeOKa$QOb$vJfr=ApzDiFt%haiyF=#lK*jl20hmonth and, for the first time, it features a program dedicated to LGBT shorts.
The NktN!5nj*o^mMbA!a^i5*STlS^I+JWdFFkf^tpSSt=!o@S5xRhthree-day event will take place at Silom's boutique theater Bangkok Screening Room, not far from the Thai capital’s famous gay nightlife neighborhood.
The festival includes the screening of six short Irish LGBT films from The GAZj_6FenMPVZ*qYsG)0Pfzgo^Tc-(QeXdd%)CGJlZH(e92qrYkE+E on Tour program.
The selection will present a cross-section of diverse voices from IrelandF3ce!o5sKIpX*!-k(3SfOY7D8k5iHXG331WJQZIz-onDyA%KQ3’s LGBT community.
"The sheer scope in the exploration in themes, concepts and artistic approaches is proof that queer Irish film has come of age” organizers qxMx70=*B^@)1haw%MP6XYH^z-gs6iCMTxp_#KeGYL_S!Vs@Lvwrote on the Facebook event page.
The Irish Film Festival 2019 runs from October 4 to 6. Tickets to the GAZE program are frezNNzbjwBM*q%ycc+T#)(J#b%zuMh#bUT)qLOLPlrQ5tI82KOWme.
The films
Breast Friends shares the story of a young runner who questions her sexuaq^fYGFeb((o4^AXuwS5WDGtdYl-#5Z1S*zjG$Tqxxy%v^$Yldmlity when a new girl joins her relay team.
In Thirst, a gay man contemplates feelings of desires, insecjI8Pq*2DrONjHW9KZ8puN8UGgNKplv5vQ$XQu@RML=Zej^YiFdurities, and finding love after another disappointing hook up.
Wren Boys follows a Catholic priest who8PmpiQnjEvJ-^u+@1_Zp8f32D9%(5=uNMHg3)6L2@cQ(AIseZc drives his nephew to prison on the day after Christmas.
Johnny follows a (UpY0h7DpO4#05lLBCD6^TebNn^-4vu4k8)GIQSxBa((wX&bd^young man in the traveller community who is coming to terms with his sexuality.
Cat Calls shows what happens when a sexual predator picks the wroSyCSmbvkgmQTLp$AbuF+XAGCpThWq2JcXze6J87K9xKx!m8OPong victim.
The Red Tree is a docum)+4#P$W)&ZYSxx96TVHq4D+Jg%1+HjdqzI9Hpn_lM%-MMK*GE)enting sharing the little-known stories of Italian gay men exiled to a remote island during Mussolini’s fascist regime.
